Movies That Matter Latino is a quarterly film series that celebrates the diversity that exists within the Latino culture. Each event features a film screening, followed by a moderated discussion with local subject matter experts.

Screenings will be held on the first Sundays at 4 p.m. in March, June, September and December at the Rose Marine Theater, 1440 North Main St., home of Artes de la Rosa. MTMLatino is a made possible through a collaboration between the Fort Worth Human Relations Commission and Artes de la Rosa Fort Worth Cultural Center for the Arts and with support from the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Hispanic Women’s Network of Fort Worth. Admission is free. Each event begins with a reception with refreshments provided by Taco Diner.

 

For Spaniards — and for the world — nothing has expressed their country's traditionally rigid gender roles more powerfully than the image of the male matador. So sacred was the bullfighter's masculinity to Spanish identity that a 1908 law barred women from the sport.

Visually stunning and beautifully crafted, Ella es el Matador (She is the Matador) reveals the surprising history of the women who made such a law necessary, and offers fascinating profiles of two female matadors currently in the arena, the acclaimed Maripaz Vega and neophyte Eva Florencia. These women are gender pioneers by necessity, confronting both bull and social code. But what emerges through this mesmerizing film is their truest motivation—a sheer passion for bullfighting, in the pursuit of a dream.

Rating: Not Rated

Released: 2009

Run Time: 62 minutes